News

• 16 February 2006
  AMERICA/PANAMA - “Evangelisation, principal task for Panama Catholics”, says Bishop Audilio Aguilar Aguilar Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Our main task is to evangelise young people and families”, says Bishop Audilio Aguilar Aguilar of Colón-Kuna Yala, Panama. “And while we are organising diocesan meetings to propose ...
• 16 February 2006
  AMERICA/PERU - “All of us, as individuals and as a community, must work for the transformation and moral regeneration of our country”: say Catholic Bishops two months ahead of elections Lima (Fides Service) - The Catholic Bishops of Peru have issued ethical guidelines for electors and candidates to encourage reflection and responsibility for the nation in view of elections in two months time. In the sta ...
• 16 February 2006
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - The tragedy of migrants in the light of Christian charity and the situation of the local Catholic community of North Africa Algiers (Fides Service) - The situation of the Catholic community in North Africa and the tragic experience of migrants were the main topics discussed by the Conference of Catholic Bishops of the Northern African Region ...
• 16 February 2006
  ASIA/HONG KONG - 4th Asian Youth Day draws near important appointment for young people in Asia Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Preparations continue for the 4th Asian Youth Day in Hong Kong, 30 July 5 August 2006 on the theme “Hope for Asian Families”. In Hong Kong diocese pastoral councils, groups, parishes are p ...
• 16 February 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - Concert of Sacred Music in Inner Mongolia to thank God for priestly, religious and lay vocations Hu He Hao Te (Fides Service) - Recently, to thank God for the gift of vocations, the Rector of the seminary of Inner Mongolia organised a concert of Christian Sacred Music. The participants, the cathedral choir, the choi ...
• 16 February 2006
  AFRICA/KENYA - Caritas network feeds tens of thousands of hungry people in famine affected Horn of Africa where 8 million people face starvation Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas Internationalis has called for international solidarity and appealed for 1.2 million dollars to feed women, children and old people in areas of Kenya where it is difficult to get aid to whe ...
• 16 February 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Deus caritas est and the secular man: a contribution on Benedict XVI's first encyclical by Nicola Bux Rome (Agenzia Fides) - We publish a contribution on the first encyclical of Benedict XVI “Deus caritas est” by Rev. Nicola Bux, docent at the Pugliese Faculty of Theology, Vice director of the Ecumenical Institute of ...
• 15 February 2006
  VATICAN - Initiatives for fifth centenary of Vatican Museums (1506-2006) presented by Cardinal Edmund Casimir Szoka and Vatican Museums director Francesco Buranelli Vatican City (Fides Service) - This year 2006 is the 5th hundredth anniversary of the fortunate discovery of the marble statue of Laocoon and his sons 14 January 1506 on the Colle Oppio in Rome. A series of initiatives o ...
• 15 February 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Cardinal Pell intervenes in debate over RU486 pill: “Australians would like to see the rate of abortion drop rather than rise” Sydney (Fides Service) - As debate over RU486 was about to begin in Australia’s House of Representatives, the local Catholic Church publicly declared its opposition to the introduction of the abortion pill and stated t ...
• 15 February 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The Catholic Friends of the Sick Association prepares pastoral programme for new year Taipei (Fides Service) - On the occasion of the recent World Day of the Sick (11 February) the Catholic Friends of the Sick Association in Taiwan started its annual meeting to discuss pastoral activities for the new year ...
• 15 February 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - Salesians celebrate centenary presence in China at the service of youth Macao (Fides Service) - Salesian Missionaries recently celebrated 100 years of presence and service of youth in China. After visiting Salesian communities in India and Sri Lanka, Salesian rector major Fr Pascual Chávez, ...
• 15 February 2006
  VATICAN - Conclusions of Apostleship of the Sea Regional Coordinators Meeting: “although international bodies and some religious, governmental and non-governmental organisations are very active in this sector and that many positive developments have happened in some regions, overall the situation in the maritime world has not really improved” Vatican City (Fides Service) - The goal of the Apostleship of the Sea goal is not to run profit making centres but to up hold the dignity of seafarers by caring for their spiritual, moral and physical well-being. This st ...
• 15 February 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Together to restore hope in Africa: Harambee 2006 campaign to meet and help a changing Africa Rome (Fides Service) - Harambee, a fund started in 2002 on the occasion of the canonisation of the founder of Opus Dei Saint Josemaría, is collecting funds for four new development programmes in Africa: helping displace ...
• 15 February 2006
  VATICAN - “May each one of us glorify the Lord with the soul of Mary and rejoice in God with the spirit of Mary”.…”. the Pope concludes long series of catechesis on the psalms with a reflection on the Magnificat Vatican City (Fides Service) - This morning because of the large crowds who had come from all over the world to see Pope Benedict XVI the general audience was held in two parts, first in St Peter’s Basilica and then in ...
• 15 February 2006
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - In Mozambique between 800 and 1,000 out of every 100,000 mothers die giving birth to their child. Doctors with Africa CUAMM launch new campaign Rome (Fides Service) - To promote more justice with regard to access to medical care in the countries where its doctors are working the Italian organisation CUAMM Doctors with Africa is launching a new campaign. CUAMM s ...